Drying-rack.



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DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1913.

1,086,478. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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DRYING-RACK;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER O. STRAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lavina, in the county of Musselshell and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying-Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in dryingracks and has for its primary object to provide a drying rack forphotographic films.

Another object of the invention is to provide a drying rack in which maybe readily secured photographic films or the like in order that the samemay be properly held while drying.

Another object is to provide a drying rack for films in which adjustableclamping members are employed for holding opposite sides of the filmwithin a frame.

A further object is to provide clamping members of this character whichmay be readily adjusted Within the frame or removed therefrom and whichwill be securely held in position.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve andsimplify the construction and operation of devices of this character andincrease the efiiciency thereof without materially increasing the costof the same.

lVith the above and other objects in View, my invention consists incertain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevational view partlyin section, showing my complete device in use; Fig. 2 is a detailsectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview on the line 8*?) of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-sectional viewon the line l-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by thearrow; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through themodified form of my invention.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1designates the rectangular frame which has its lower end secured uponthe base member 2 which has the sup porting legs 3 secured to itsopposite ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 29, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914. Serial No. 781,888.

at the lower ends of being positioned upon opposite sides of the frame1, as said frame is positioned longitudinally upon the base member 2, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

The side or vertical members of the frame 1 have the longitudinal ribs4: formed upon their inner faces and upon which the clamp members whichwill be later fully described, are adjustably mounted, the ribs 1stopping short of the lower end of the frame in order that the clampmembers may be readily positioned upon or removed from said ribs.

The frame 1 is preferably of rectangular form in general outline, asshown in Fig. 1, and is in upright position between the legs 3.

One edge of the film shown in dotted lines at 5 in Fig. 1 is secured inthe clamp member 6 which consists of a pair of parallel clamping strips7 which have their corresponding ends reduced in thickness and engagedagainst opposite faces of the ribs 4, said strips 7 being drawn togetherby a set screw 8 engaged transversely therethrough and having the stripsof leather or other suitable material 9 secured along their inner edgesfor engagement with the film 5, it being understood that suitablerecesses 10 are formed along the inner edges of the clamping strips 7,inwardly of the rubber strips 9, thereby preventing injury to the film 5by the clamping strips 7, which, it will be understood, are formed ofwood, metal or other suitable material.

The opposite edge of the film 5 is secured between the parallel clampingstrips 11 of the clamp member 12, which clamping strips are alsoadjustably mounted upon the ribs 4., the opposite ends of one of saidstrips being engaged against corresponding faces of the spaced ribs 4-,while the other clamping strip 11 is of such length as to stop short ofthe ribs 4:, the purpose of which will. presently appear. The clampingstrips 11 carry the strips of rubber or other suitable material 18 alongtheir inner edges, corresponding to the strips 9 carried by the clampingstrips 7 and adapted to engage the opposite edge of the film 5 andthereby protect said film edge when engaged between the clamping strips1.1 of the clamp member 12. The clamping strips 11 are connected anddrawn together by means of a set screw 14: corresponding to the setscrew 8 of the first clamp member.

Hinged to the short clamping strip 11,

said legs, the legs 3 as shown at 15, is a strip 16 which corresponds inlength to the long clamping member 11 and has its opposite ends engagedagainst the faces of the ribs 4 opposite the faces against which theends of the clamping strips 11 are engaged. The strip 16 is held inposition by means of the pins 17 which have their ends pointed andengaged in the inner faces of the ribs 4 while the inner ends of saidpins are pivoted, as shown at 1S,to the rods 19, which in turn arepivoted to the inner face of the strip 16, as shown at 20. The rods 19are spaced from one another and resiliently retained in spaced relationby means of the helical expansion spring 21 positioned therebetween andhaving its opposite ends secured to said rods 19, thereby forcing thelatter away from one another and resiliently retaining them in spacedrelation. The pins 17 are extended through the guide loops 22 securedupon the inner face of the strip 16, thereby retaining the ends of thestrip in proper engagement against the side faces of the ribs a andpreventing longitudinal movement of the clamp member 12 upon the ribs 4.It will be seen that as the ribs 4- stop short of the lower end of theframe 1, the frame members, when loosened, may be readily placed upon orremoved from the ribs 4, even while the opposite edges of the film 5 aresecured in the clamp members.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of my device in which I haveprovided a plurality of frames 1, having the ribs t with the clampmembers 6 and 12 adjustably mounted upon said ribs and comprisingrespectively, the clamping strips 7 and 11 with the strips 9 and 13 ofrubber or other suitable material for engagement with the opposite facesof the film 5. The clamping strips 7 are connected and drawn together bythe set screw 8 while the clamping strips 11 are connected and drawntogether by the clamping screw 14. The strip 16 is hinged, as shown atto the short clamping member 11 of the clamp member 12 and is held inposition against the ribs 4 by the pins 17 pivoted to the rods 19, asshown at 18', which rods 19 are resiliently held in spaced relation bythe spring 21 and are pivoted to the inner face of the strip 16, asshown at Each pin 17 extends through a guide loop 22 secured upon theinner face of'the strip 16. In this form, each frame 1 has its lower endremovably secured in a channel or recess 23 in the large base 2% whilethe sides of said frames are slidably engaged in the longitudinalchannels 25 of the standards 26 projecting upwardly from the sides ofthe base 24, inwardly of the protecting side plates 27 also secured tothe sides of the base 1 and assisting in supporting and bracing thestandards 26. I have shown six frames 1 supported in upright position inthis manner; but it will be understood that the supporting device may beformed for any suitable number of frames 1 and that the supportingmembers and frames 1 may be of any suitable size and formed of anypreferred material.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my drying rack, it willbe understood that minor changes in the details of construction may bemade within the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a frame,means for supporting the frame, ribs carried by parallel members of theframe, film holding members adjustably mounted upon the ribs, means forsecuring a film in said members, and means for preventing longitudinalmovement of the members upon the ribs.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, means forsupporting the frame, said frame having ribs formed on parallel. membersthereof, clamps mounted upon the ribs, means carried by the clamps forengaging opposite edges of a film, and means for securing the clamps inposition upon the ribs.

3. A device of the class described comprising a frame, means forsupporting the frame, ribs carried by the frame, film holding membersmounted upon the ribs, and means for securing the film in said members.

a. A device of the class described comprising a frame, parallel ribscarried by the frame, film holding members mounted upon the ribs, meansfor securing a film in said members, and means for preventing movementof the members upon the ribs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ELMER O. STRAND. Witnesses A. C. Barnes, Vnnn CORNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patent;

Washington, D. G.

